Orla Guerin is a Senior International correspondent working for BBC News broadcasting around the world and across the UK.
15 Facts About Orla Guerin
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Orla Guerin holds a master's degree in film studies from University College Dublin.
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Orla Guerin began her career working for newspapers in Dublin such as the Sunday Tribune before joining RTE News in 1987 and becoming its youngest foreign correspondent when she was sent to Eastern Europe at the age of 23 in 1990.
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Orla Guerin remained at RTE until 1994, additionally reporting from central Europe, the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Sarajevo.
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Orla Guerin left RTE to run as an Irish Labour Party candidate in the 1994 European Parliament elections.
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Orla Guerin was based in Los Angeles from January 1996 and became the corporation's Southern Europe correspondent in July 1996 and was based in Rome until June 2000.
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Regularly reporting from war zones, in 2002 Orla Guerin told Evening Standard contributor Quentin Letts about having to wear appropriate clothing:.
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Orla Guerin was appointed the BBC's Jerusalem correspondent in January 2001.
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In December 2005, the BBC told Broadcast magazine that Orla Guerin had spent two years longer in the Jerusalem posting than the normal three-year rotation usual for its correspondents.
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On 23 February 2018, Orla Guerin published an investigative report titled "The shadow over Egypt", where she reported the alleged forced disappearance of Egyptian nationals, including a young woman called Zubeida who, her mother claimed, had been kidnapped by security forces in April 2017.
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In 2019, Orla Guerin was the BBC correspondent in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, during the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis and protests.
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In 2002 Orla Guerin won the Broadcaster of the Year award from the London Press Club.
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Orla Guerin was appointed MBE for services to broadcasting in 2005.
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In November 2019, Orla Guerin was awarded an honorary degree by NUI Galway.
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In December 2024, Orla Guerin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in University College Dublin.